Syrian Social Nationalist Party – Intifada Wing

The Syrian Social Nationalist Party – Intifada Wing or Abd al-Masih Wing is a splinter group of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.[1]

The split had its roots in how George Abd al-Masih had utilized his post as SSNP chairman to order the assassination of Adnan al-Malki in April 1954, in order to settle a personal score and without consulting the party leadership. The killing of al-Malik brought upon SSNP a massive crack-down in Syria.[2] After his expulsion from SSNP in 1957, Abd al-Masih continued to operate his own faction.[3][4] The Abd al-Masih wing remained a relatively small force.[3] Abd al-Masih still led the group as of the 1980s.[5]

The party traditionally did not contest elections in Lebanon.[6] During the civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War followers of the party participated in support of the Syrian government and the Syrian Arab Army.[7] As of 2018 the party is led by Dr. Ali Haidar, the incumbent Minister of Reconciliation in Syria.[6] Ali Haidar's SSNP supported the re-election of Bashar al-Assad.[8]

References
  1. Lebanon Debate. جناح الانتفاضة بـ"القومي": لن نجير أصواتنا للسلطة
  2. Sami M. Moubayed (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900–2000. Cune Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-885942-40-1.
  3. Harvard Middle Eastern Monograph Series. Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. pp. 70–71.
  4. Peter Mansfield; Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Dept (1973). The Middle East: a political and economic survey. Oxford University Press. p. 73.
  5. Daniel Pipes (1992). Greater Syria: The History of an Ambition. Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-19-506022-5.
  6. Al Kalima. خاص – القومي برئاسة حيدر يخرق العرف.. ويرشّح إثنين للإنتخابات
  7. "The SSNP 'Hurricane' in the Syrian conflict: Syria and South Lebanon Are The Same Battlefield". Al-Akhbar in English.
  8. "SSNP Supports Bashar al-Assad's Presidential Nomination". 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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